Rhyme Time: a free online rhyming game and freestyle rap trainer
Rhyme Time is a rhyme game you play on a beat, right in your browser. A ball bounces across a grid in time with the music, one box per beat. The rhyme word sits in the fourth box of each bar, and your job is to land it exactly when the ball does. It is quick practice for freestyle rap, a fun word game for kids and adults, and a good warm-up for anyone who writes lyrics or poems.
How to play
- Turn your sound on and pick a mode above.
- Each row is one bar: four boxes, four beats. The orange ball bounces one box per beat.
- The rhyme word sits on beat four. Words with the same colour rhyme with each other.
- Fill beats one to three with anything you like, then hit the rhyme word right as the ball lands on it.
Two ways to play
Freestyle
Rap out loud over a synthesized beat (Lo-fi at 80 BPM, Boom Bap at 90 or Bounce at 98) for 8, 16 or 32 bars, or go endless. Five levels make it harder step by step: Rookie shows every rhyme word, Rising shows only the first word of each pair so you find the rhyme yourself, Pro shows only the word you are rhyming with, Legend asks for four rhymes in a row, and No Net gives you just the beat. Tap any word to see more words that rhyme with it. At the end you see how many bars you rapped and your daily streak.
Rhyme Rush
The scored mode. When a ? box comes up, tap the word that rhymes with the one above it from three choices before the ball lands. Correct answers score 100 points plus a speed bonus, streaks multiply your score up to x4, and the tempo climbs as you go. A wrong or late answer costs one of your three lives.
Sample rhyme words
A few of the 73 rhyme families in the game:
- cat: hat, bat, mat, rat, flat, chat
- day: play, way, stay, say, pay, gray
- night: light, fight, bright, right, sight, flight
- cool: school, pool, rule, fool, tool, jewel
- cake: lake, make, take, bake, shake, snake
- rain: train, brain, chain, plain, gain, main
- star: car, far, bar, guitar, jar, scar
- moon: soon, tune, spoon, June, balloon, noon
- fire: tire, wire, hire, higher, choir
- dream: team, cream, stream, seem, beam, steam
- gold: cold, bold, old, told, hold, fold
- heart: start, art, part, smart, chart, cart
FAQ
Is Rhyme Time free?
Yes. Rhyme Time is free to play in any modern web browser. There is nothing to download, no account and no ads. Your streak and best score are saved on your own device.
Do I need a microphone to play?
No. In Freestyle you rap out loud to yourself; nothing is recorded or sent anywhere. In Rhyme Rush you just tap the word that rhymes.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. It is built for phones first and also works on tablets and computers. Turn your sound up, because the beat is the timer. On an iPhone, if you hear nothing, check the ring/silent switch and the volume.
How do I get better at freestyle rapping with it?
Start on Rookie, where every rhyme word is shown, and only move up once you can land 16 bars without stopping. Rising and Pro hide words so you have to find the rhyme yourself, Legend asks for four rhymes in a row, and No Net gives you only the beat. A few minutes a day keeps your streak going and builds the habit.
Where do the rhyme words come from?
Rhyme Time uses 73 hand-picked rhyme families (477 words). Every family was checked against the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so the words in a family are true rhymes and words from different families never rhyme with each other.